Ambient monitoring for PCB after remedial cleanup of two landfills in the Bloomington, Indiana area
A monitoring program was conducted to determine PCB levels in ambient air on and in the vicinity of two landfills at which interim remedial cleanup measures were performed. The landfill sites are in the Bloomington, Indiana area. The sampling locations and methods used were the same as employed in a pre-cleanup monitoring program conducted during June and July, 1983. Monitoring data obtained at former hot spots (on the sites where exposed capacitors were visible) showed a marked reduction from the pre-cleanup monitoring levels. However, PCB concentrations measured at downwind locations at the site boundaries during the pre- and post-cleanup monitoring were approximately the same. Collected monitoring conducted during the study showed that both the low- and high-volume sampling methods yielded reliable, reproducible measurements of airborne PCB levels.
- Research Organization:
- Battelle Columbus Labs., OH (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5594380
- Report Number(s):
- PB-86-177532/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION MONITORING
AROMATICS
CHEMICAL SPILLS
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
FEDERAL REGION V
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
INDIANA
MANAGEMENT
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
REMEDIAL ACTION
SANITARY LANDFILLS
USA
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT